Collective Continuum Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853026326
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Waltham, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174392720
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $255,670
- Expenses
- $264,009
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Zubair Birgeoglu (President/Director)
- Azim Kidwal (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Azim Kidwal (CEO): $70,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Organization's mission is to act as an incubator for other charitable organizations, orphanages, and in service of other faith-based initiatives by deploying philanthropic funding seeds with the hope of amplifying the humanitarian impact.
What it reported doing in 2023
The Organization's mission was to act as an incubator for other charitable organizations, orphanages, and in service of other faith-based initiatives. The Organization attempted to incubate other similarly aligned non-profit organizations by deploying philanthropic funding seeds with the hope of amplifying the humanitarian impact.Through its final tax year, the Organization dedicated itself to developing frameworks, models, and platforms to advance humanitarian causes. Upon dissolution, the Organization dedicated a significant portion of its remaining net assets to like-minded charitable entities with the purpose of continuing to advance the Organization's mission after its termination.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 64.4%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -118.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.2% of revenue deployed · 64.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.